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Cat Smith vs Chris Philp

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Chris Philp voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,462 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,386 different votes 1,462 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
25 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
108 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 176 shared votes
70 Aye 106 No
39 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 61 shared votes
25 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 35 No
Transport 5% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
34 Aye 21 No
Education 4% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 18 No
Benefits 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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